Windows Azure & How to Deploy Wordress

Windows Azure PlatformOverview
George Kanellopoulos
Architect Evangelist
gekanell@microsoft.com

Agenda
Why the Cloud?
Azure Services Platform: The Big Picture
Windows Azure
RDBMS in the Cloud: SQL Azure
Middleware in the Cloud: AppFabric
Using MySQL & PHP on Windows Azure
Wordpress @ Windows Azure

Challenges Building Apps
# of users? After 1 month? 6 months? 1 yr?
Capacity? Servers? Bandwidth? Storage?
How do you scale up or down over time?
How can you handle peak loads?
How do you provide high availability?
What are the upfront capital costs?
How quickly can you go live?
How do you reduce your operations costs?

Platform Continuum
On-Premises
Servers
Hosted Servers
Cloud Platform
Bring your own machines, connectivity, software, etc.
Complete control
Complete responsibility
Static capabilities
Upfront capital costs for the infrastructure
Renting machines, connectivity, software
Less control
Fewer responsibilities
Lower capital costs
More flexible
Pay for fixed capacity, even if idle
Shared, multi-tenant infrastructure
Virtualized & dynamic
Scalable & available
Abstracted from the infrastructure
Higher-level services
Pay as you go

Why a Cloud Platform?
Changing the Economics of Software
Reduce capital & operations costs
Simplify application deployment & management
Application & infrastructure flexibility
Simplify scaling to internet scale
Cost effectively handle peak loads
Focus on new functionality & not infrastructure

Building for Scale
We’re running scale services now
30B Live ID authentications/month
2B Live Search queries/month
10B MSN page views/month
240B Messenger messages/month
We’re preparing for your services
Quincy, WA: Complete, approx 500K sq ft
San Antonio, TX: Phase 1 of 2 complete, approx 500K sq ft
Chicago, IL: Opening Spring/Summer 09, approx 550K sq ft
Dublin, Ireland: Opening Summer 09, approx 570K sq ft

Azure Services Platform:The Big Picture

The Windows Azure PlaformFormerly known as the Azure Services Platform
AppFabric
SQL Azure
Applications
Live Services
Windows Azure
Applications
Windows
Mobile
Windows
Vista/XP
Windows
Server
Others

Windows AzureAn illustration
Application
Compute
Storage
Fabric
Config
.NET Services
SQL Azure
Applications
Live Services
Windows Azure
Applications
Windows
Mobile
Windows
Vista/XP
Windows
Server
Others

Windows Azure Compute Service A closer look
HTTP/TCP
Web Role
Worker Role
main()
{ … }
HTTP
ASP.NET, WCF, PHP.
IIS
Load Balancer
Agent
Agent
Fabric
Application
Storage
Compute
Fabric
VM
…

Windows Azure Storage ServiceA closer look
HTTP
Blobs
Queues
Tables
Application
Storage
Compute
Fabric
…

Windows Azure StorageA closer look at tables
. . .
Table
Table
Table
Entity
. . .
Entity
Entity
Property
Property
Property
Storage Accounts
Name
Type
Value

Using QueuesThe suggested application model
To scale, add more of either
main()
{ … }
Worker Role
Web Role
1) Receive work
4) Do work
ASP.NET, WCF, PHP.
2) Put work in queue
3) Get work from queue
Queue

SQL AzureFormerly known as SQL Services
SQL Azure Database
Others (Future)
.NET Services
SQL Azure
Applications
Live Services
Windows Azure
Applications
Windows
Mobile
Windows
Vista/XP
Windows
Server
Others

SQL Azure DatabaseAn illustration
Database
TDS
Database
Database
SQL Azure Database
“Huron” Data Hub
Others (Future)

SQL Azure DatabaseUsing one or multiple databases
SQL Azure Database
Database
Application
Database
Database
Application
Database

AppFabricInfrastructure in the cloud
Access Control
Service Bus
.NET Services
SQL Azure
Applications
?
Live Services
Windows Azure
Applications
Windows
Mobile
Windows
Vista/XP
Windows
Server
Others

Access Control Service
STS
Rules
3) Return new token
?
5) Use new token to determine what this user can do
4) Present new token
2) STS creates new token according to rules
1) Present token
Application
Client
User
Access Control
Service Bus
Access Control

Service Bus
2) Discover endpoints
Registry
1) Register endpoints
3) Access application
Endpoints
Application
Application
Organization X
Organization Y
Access Control
Service Bus
Service Bus

Windows Azure + Interoperability
Windows Azure Capabilities
On-Demand Computational Resources
Storage at Massive Scale
Automated Service Management
Goal: Give You More Time to Write Code
…with Skills of your Choice
Languages:
Tools
Application Components
PHP

Interoperability in this Session
Popular Technologies, Used by
Sites: Facebook, Wikipedia
Apps: WordPress, MediaWiki
…with Windows Azure Benefits
Get Started Easily: PHP/Eclipse Developer Experience
Maintain and Scale: Leverage Platform Primitives
Cloud Storage
Inter-role Communication + Endpoint Discovery
…

Using PHP with Windows Azure
Running PHP Code in Windows Azure
Eclipse Tooling
Build, Test, Deploy PHP Projects
Create New or Use Existing PHP Projects
Scaling PHP Apps
Using Cloud Storage from PHP
Using Windows Azure Storage
Using SQL Azure

Running PHP in Windows Azure
How to Do It
Host in Web role (like .NET)
Supply PHP runtime
Point to runtime via FastCGI configuration in
Web.config
Web.roleConfig
Eclipse Tooling @ http://windowsazure4e.org does the above for you
PHP
Web Role
Instance 1
VIP
Load Balancer
PHP
Web Role
Instance 2

PHP + Cloud Storage
Windows Azure Storage
On-Premises
VIP
PHP
Web Role
Load Balancer
PHP App
SQL Azure
Windows Azure Platform

PHP with Windows Azure Storage
Windows Azure SDK for PHP @ http://phpazure.codeplex.com
PHP programming model for Windows Azure Storage
Features
PHP classes for Blobs, Tables & Queues
Store PHP sessions in Table Storage

PHP with SQL Azure
SQL Server Driver for PHP @ http://sqlsrvphp.codeplex.com/
Supports PHP access to SQL Azure
Features
Choose between SQL Server and SQL Azure by changing connection string
Use from on-premises or in Windows Azure

MySQL: Simple Configuration
VIP
Load Balancer
Web Role
MySQL
Worker Role

MySQL in a Windows Azure Application
Running MySQL in a worker role
Copy MySQL to the worker role sub-directory
Copy to read-write local storage
Configure MySQL to listen on the right port
Monitor MySQL health
Consuming MySQL
Discover IP address and port
Normal access from then on
Handle topology changes

Simple Configuration
VIP
Load Balancer
MySQL

Replication
VIP
Load Balancer
M
S
S
MySQL
MySQL
MySQL

Windows Azure Drive with Hot Spare
VIP
Load Balancer
MySQL
MySQL

MySQL Solution Accelerator
Built by our partner, Infosys
Master/slave configurations in a worker role
Leverage Windows Azure Drive
Master election and replication on startup
Failover and recovery
Scale up/down slaves
Periodic backups - full and incremental
Available with source code

Administering MySQL
Some users prefer a command-line
Instance Manager solution accelerator
Built by our partner Infosys
Command-line access to worker role instances
Server runs in each worker role instance
Client runs in a web role
Worker
Worker

Spotlight: WordPress
Technology Requirements
Web server w/PHP support, MySQL for storage,
What we’ve added : phpMyAdmin and Instance Manager
MySQL 1
MySQL 2
Worker Role
VIP
Load Balancer
Instance Manager
WordPress
PhpMyAdmin
Web Roles
Blob Storage

Benefits of Database as a Service
SQL Azure
Database as a Service
Lower TCO
Automatic High Availability
Multiple servers with live copies of your data --- instant failover
Automatic Fault-Tolerance
Automatic maintenance
No downtime
Instantly expand/contract databases to meet application needs
Metered by database
Mission-critical SQL Server foundation
Compatibility w/ MySQL apps
Pre-configured clustering across multiple compute instances
Database maintenance required
Metered by compute hour
Clear commitment to OSS support and application compatibility
SQL Azure is our strategic investment for the Windows Azure Platform

Takeaways
Powerful platform primitives
Support for PHP and Eclipse
Accelerators for MySQL and Memcached
In use in real-world applications

Conclusions
Cloud platforms are here
Microsoft is placing a big bet with the Windows Azure platform
Microsoft has significant strengths in this area
Starting with credibility and customer trust
In many ways, this market is yours for the taking

Azure Summary
Comprehensive cloud services platform
Abstracts you from the infrastructure
Flexibility to mix & match services
Connectivity to on-premises environments
Familiar programming model & tools
Rich client experiences with Live Services
Standard protocols & formats (HTTP, REST, ...)

Learn More On Channel 9
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Built by Developers for Developers….

Resources
Azure Services Training Kit
Downloadable hands-on labs, demos, and presentations
http://www.azure.com
Azure Services Management Tools (Sample)
PowerShell CmdLets and MMC console for managing the services
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/AzureManagementTools
Azure Services Platform Forums
http://www.microsoft.com/azure/blog.mspx
Explore videos, hands-on labs, sample code and demos http://channel9.msdn.com/learn

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Windows Azure Pricing

PricingWindows Azure platform (1)
Windows Azure
Compute: $0.12/hour for each running VM
Storage:
Data: $0.15/GB per month (tables, blobs)
Access: $0.01/10,000 operations (tables, blobs, queues)
Bandwidth: $0.10/GB in, $0.15/GB out
AppFabric
Messages: $0.15/100,000 message operations
Includes Service Bus messages and Access Control tokens

PricingWindows Azure platform (2)
SQL Azure Database
Web Edition
Data: $9.99/month for a database up to 1 GB
Business Edition
Data: $99.99/month for a database up to 10 GB

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